Overshoe for horses.



R. WHITAKER.

OVERSH OE FOR HORSES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I, I9I3.

Patented une 8, 1915.

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are r RICHARD WHITAKER, OF BRADLEY BEACH, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE NEVERSLIP MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

OVERSI-IOE FOR HORSES.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Application filed April 1, 1913. Serial N 0. 758,097.

This invention relates to 'overshoes for horses, that is, to devices adapted to be fastened to horses shoes 1n order to provide a different tread, and is a specific embodiment of the invention described and claimed in my co-pending application Serial Number 790,631, filed September 19, 1913.

Roughly speaking, overshoes consist of a tread portion and means whereby they may be fastened to the shoe or hoof. The tread is sometimes designed to prevent the horses hoof or shoe injuring the surface on which the horse travels and in such case is con structed in such fashion and of such material as will accomplish this result. Overshoes are, however, more generally designed as an expedient to prevent slipping under icy or similar conditions and in such cases the tread is made to present or hold removable or permanent calks or other means to grip the surface on which the horse travels.

The present invention is applicable to overshoes, whatever the nature of the tread, but it is hereinafter described as provided with a tread adapted to prevent slipping, for which other treads may obviously be easily substituted.

In the co-pending application above referred to, I have described an overshoe consisting of a tread portion and means extending above the tread portion adapted to bear against the outside of the horseshoe, together with a seat connected with the tread portion, and preferably made a part of it for economy in construction, against which a thrust may be exerted. This seat or bearing is preferably located in a plane below the horseshoe and in the form shown in the said co-pending application at a considerable distance from the means bearing against the outside of the shoe. In addition to the tread portion provided with the means to engage the outside of'the horse- 'shoe and the seat-or bearing, the overshoe is equipped with a member adapted to bear against the inside of the horseshoe in. a lower plane than the bearing plane of the means engaging the outside of the horseshoe, and an operative connection is made Patented June 1915. 7

between this member and the seat or bear- I ing aforesaid so that force may be exerted against the seat or bearing, thus forcing and hflilding the tread portion up against the s oe.

- This present invention has specifically to do with the operating means toexert the necessary force. I

In the co-pending application above referred to, the bearing or seat is located some distance from the meanswhich engage the outside of the horseshoe.

V In the present invention,the seat or bear ing is located in av different position and, while being of a different specific construction than the construction of'the overshoe in the co-pending application, nevertheles operates upon the same principle.

An object of the present invention is the production of an overshoe which may be quickly and easily attached and which is adapted for use upon shoes varying in size within a wide range and the production of an overshoe havingan adjustable thrust operating attaching device.

In the accompanying drawings showing 7 one form of-a specific embodiment of the present invention, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a horseshoe with the. overshoe attached; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same figure; Fig. 3 is a transverse section along line 33 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 isa longitudinal sectionalong line of.

Fig.1.

In these drawings, shoe adapted to be attached to the hoof in the ordinary manner. I

2 designates a tread portion, shownvprovided with the calks 3 and with the forward cleats or hearing means 4, arranged in this instance to bear against the outside of the horseshoe at both sides of the front. The tread is an articulated 'memb'er and consists of the two sections 5 and 6 joined through the pivot 7 toward the front. I V

8 and 9 are the inwardly extending arms, respectively, of thesections 5and 6 and, together with the pivot 7, form a seat or bearing for the operation of the thrust member hereinafter referred-to. In addition to forming the seat, because such arm and pivot are movable, they are operating means to force the seat which they constitute forwardly to operate the thrust member. The

l designatesa horse thrust member 10 in this instance consists of a device in the nature of a cam pivoted on the pivot 7 and which has a plurahty of faces 11, 12 and 13, each one a different distance from the pivot center in order that the device may be adapted for use in connection with horseshoes varying in size Within a wide range. This thrust device 10 is adapted to be forced against the inside of the horseshoe at a point forward of the point where the cleats or catches 4L engage the outside of the horseshoe.

To operate the thrust device, the hinged or pivot sections 5 and 6 are moved outwardly or inwardly to release or attach the overshoe. This movement may be efieeted through any suitable mechanism, for instance, the turnbuckle consisting of the threaded nut 14 and the inwardly extending threaded bolts 15 and 16 securely attached to the sections 5 and 6, respectively, of the overshoe at 17 and 18.

In operation, the overshoe is placed on the underside of the horseshoe with the cleats st in engagement with the outside and with one of the faces 11, 12 and 13 in engagement with the inside of the horseshoe, as is clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and d, the sections 5 and 6 of the overshoe having been spread apart sufficiently for that purpose through operation of the turn-buckle, as will be readily understood. The turn-buckle is then operated to bring the sections 5 and 6 together and thus to force the arms 8 and 9, the pivoted point 7, and thus the seat for the thrust member 10 forwardly and at the same time to exert a rearward pull upon the cleats 4. The thrust device 10. is thus forced against the inside of the horseshoe and the overshoe very securely pulled up and fastened in place.

It has been found in actual practice that far better results may be had if the thrust device engaging the inside of the horseshoe bears at a point in a plane lower than the points of engagement of the cleats on the outside. The best construction is to arrange the thrust device to engage the lower edge of the inside of the horseshoe.

In this application I do not broadly claim the engagement of the thrust device with the inside of the horseshoe at a plane lower than the plane of the points of engagement of the cleats, as this matter is claimed in my co-pending application above referred to.

What I claim is 1. A horse overshoe comprising an articulated tread portion'having cleats on its forward part adapted to bear against the outside of the forward part of a horseshoe, and a thrust member adapted to bear against the inside of the forward part of the shoe, and means for drawing together the rear ends of said tread portion and thereby forc- U55 ing said thrust member and said cleats in opposite directions so that they grip the horseshoe.

2. A horse overshoe comprising an articulated tread portion having cleats adapted to bear against the outside of a horseshoe and a thrust device adapted to bear against the inside of the horseshoe in a lower plane than the bearing plane of said cleats, and means for forcing said thrust member and said cleats in opposite directions and thereby drawing the shoe and overshoe together.

3. A horse overshoe comprising an articulated. tread portion having cleats adapted to bear against the outside of a horseshoe, and a thrust member adapted to bear against the inside of the shoe in a lower plane than the bearing plane of said cleats and in advance of said cleats, and means for forcing said thrust member and said cleats in opposite directions and thereby drawing the shoe and overshoe together.

i. A horse overshoe comprising a tread portionconsisting of two pivotally connected members and having cleats adapted to engage the outside of a horseshoe and a thrust member adapted to engage the inside of the shoein a lower plane than the bearing plane of said cleats, and means for relatively moving said pivotally connected members. a

5. An overshoe for horses comprising a tread portion having means to engage the outside of the horseshoe, a plurality of inwardly extending sections rigid with said tread portion and pivoted together, a thrust device associated with said members and arranged to bear against the inside of the horseshoe, and means connected to the tread portion adapted to advance the thrust device, whereby the overshoe may be secured to the horseshoe.

6.- An overshoe for horseshoes comprising an articulated tread portion having means toward one end for drawing together and separating such ends, inwardly extending members connected together at a point so as to be advanced or withdrawn with respect to said shoe as said ends are drawn together or separated, a thrust device connected to said members near said point and adapted to bear against the inside of the horseshoe, and means carried by the tread portion adapted to engage the outside of the horseshoe and to bear in an opposite direction than said thrust member, whereby the whole overshoe is secured in position on the horseshoe.

7. An overshoe for horses comprising a duplex tread section having the parts pivoted together through inwardly extending members, means carried by said tread section for engaging the outside of the horseshoe, means carried by said members for engaging the inside of the horseshoe, and

means adapted to move said sections to advance said members with respect to the horseshoe, whereby the overshoe is secured in position.

8. An overshoe for horseshoes comprising a tread portion having means for engaging the outside of the horseshoe, members connected to the tread portion and having a seat thereon for a thrust device, a thrust device connected to said members at said seat and adapted to bear against the inside of the horseshoe, and means separate from said seat for advancing and withdrawing itrwith respect to the horseshoe, whereby the overshoe may be secured to or removed from the horseshoe.

9. An overshoe for horses comprising a tread portion having means for engaging the outside of the horseshoe, members operated from said tread portion and pivoted together at a point whereby they may-be advanced or withdrawn when the sides of said tread section are brought together or spread apart, means'carried by said members adapted to engage the inside of the horseshoe, and means carried by the sides of said tread portion for drawing them together or separating them to advance or withdraw said members.

10. An overshoe for horses comprising a duplex tread section having the parts thereof pivoted together through inwardlyv extending members, means carried by said tread for engaging the outside of the horseshoe, means carried by said members adapted to engage the inside of the horseshoe and being adjustable to project different dis tances from said members, and means adapted to move said sections to advance and withdraw said members with respect to the horseshoe, whereby the overshoeis secured in position.

11. An overshoe for horses comprising an articulated tread having means for engaging the outside of the horseshoe, members carried by each of the sections of said tread ex tread portion having means to engage the outside of a horseshoe, inwardly extending sections rigid with said tread vportion and pivoted together, a thrust device associated with said members and arranged to bear against the inside of the horseshoe, and a turn buckle connected to the rear ends of said tread portion adapted to advance the thrust device, whereby the overshoe maybe secured to the horseshoe. In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of witnesses, March 21st 1913.

RICHARD WHITAKER. Witnesses: v

HERMAN GUsrow, ALFRED M. HOUGHTON.

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